New Belgian Brewery Chooses Beatson Clark Bottle

A distinctive beer requires a distinctive bottle, which is why a new farmhouse brewery in Belgium has chosen one of Beatson Clark’s standard 330ml bottles to launch its new range.

The Humblet family began restoring Bertinchamps farm in 2011 and launched the first range of beers from their new brewery two years later.

Now they are launching a second range of more unusual beers under the B+ brand, and they have chosen Beatson Clark’s 330ml beer bottle via Pont Europe, a leading pan-European supplier of glass bottles and jars and a sister company of Beatson Clark.

The first beer to be brewed in the B+ range was Pamplemousse, or grapefruit, and this will be followed by a white beer or wheat beer and other styles later this year.

Pamplemousse has already been sold in France, Italy and Taiwan and will be launching soon in other Asian countries and South Africa.

“Beers with fruit flavours sell very well in warmer countries and Bertinchamps hopes to export 70% of its B+ range while selling the remaining 30% in Belgium,” said Mario Vleurinck, Pont Europe’s Sales Manager in Belgium.

“It’s great to see another overseas customer choosing Beatson Clark’s standard bottles because of their elegance and quality.”

Jean-Philippe Humblet from Bertinchamps Brewery said: “When it came to launching our new range of beers we were looking for a nice, distinctive 330ml bottle that hadn’t been seen much on the market.

“We spoke to various glass manufacturers but couldn’t find what we were looking for – until we met Mario, who showed us the Beatson Clark range.

“The bottle we chose has an unusual shape and we really like its modern and elegant design.”

Bertinchamps Brewery near Gembloux is a labour of love for the Humblet family, whose father Benoit is an experienced brewer of Belgian beers.

When they discovered Bertinchamps farm in 2011 it was abandoned and in a bad state of repair, but after two years of restoration work a brewing system was installed in the old barns.

The first range of beers brewed by Benoit was Bertinchamps Blonde (6.2%), Bertinchamps Brune (7%) and Bertinchamps Triple (8%).

Our stock items are available from as few as a pallet load via one of our worldwide distributors, however if you can take full loads we would be pleased to supply you direct. (A full load is approximately 52 pallets in the UK and 42 pallets for export.

We can customize our beer bottles with embossing from only 150k units and fully bespoke products can be produced from 300k units.

Please see branding options to see how to make your drink really stand out on the shelf.

We try to keep the cost of our bespoke options as low as possible, providing the smaller craft brewers the opportunity to have customised packaging.

Option 1 – Fully Bespoke Design – approx. £20k

The outlay involved in a fully bespoke container is for the mould equipment, which is approximately £20k. However this is a one-off payment as we cover the cost of the maintenance throughout the life of the moulds (which is approximately 13 million units).

Option 2 – Customised Standard Design – approx. £9k

Another option we offer is to share part of the equipment with one of our standard products – this restricts the basic shape and dimensions of the bottle but means you can have your brewery name or logo embossed on the bottle, add a textured finish to the bottle, or even alter the profile of the bottle slightly. This option costs approximately £9k and can also reduce the minimum production volume to 150k units if we run it alongside the original plain version.

Option 3 – Customised Base – approx. £3k

Some brands opt for a more subtle branding by embossing the base of the bottle, this is a much cheaper option at just £3k, whilst retaining a quality bespoke finish.

Our bottles are tested to the British Glass Tec 7 values for the product that the bottle was originally designed for. These vary, but for our standard beer bottles range between 3bars and 4.7bars. Please check the drawing specification of the bottle for specific information.

We manufacture both white flint (clear) and amber (brown) glass beer bottles. Most of the products in our catalogue can be produced in either colour, but a full production run of 300k units may be required, please ask for details.

You can also use decoration techniques such as spray coating or sleeving to change the colour of your glass container, which we can arrange for you.

We only recommend re-use of our containers if it is stated on the drawing that it is returnable. This is because they are designed so that the wall thickness is suitable for extra wear and tear that a returnable bottle would get. This will mean that the weight of the bottle is also heavier than most standard beer or ale bottles.

However, all glass bottles are endlessly recyclable so can be made into new containers again and again.

Yes – on most of our standard beer bottles the neck equipment is inter-changeable, so for a minimum run we can change the neck finish on most of the products listed in our range. This can be done from 150k units depending on the product.

We always look for opportunities to lightweight our products where possible however it all depends on the shape, weight and nature of any embossing on the container. Heavily embossed items are harder to lightweight.

You are essentially removing glass from the design so this could mean a slight difference in the dimensions, shape or fill capacity. Our glass design team will talk you through all your options, should this be something you are interested in for your beer bottle.

For stock items we can usually deliver within 48 hours in the UK.
If you require a bespoke or customised product the development and production time would take approximately 14 weeks, however we do have the option to fast track some products.

Our stock items are available from as few as a pallet load via one of our worldwide distributors, however if you can take full loads we would be pleased to supply you direct. (A full load is approximately 52 pallets in the UK and 42 pallets for export.

We can customize our beer bottles with embossing from only 150k units and fully bespoke products can be produced from 300k units.

Please see branding options to see how to make your drink really stand out on the shelf.